Is it normal to feel empty?

I often feel this way as well. But partly because I just know that there must be something more than this. I mean, I do have aspirations, but a lot of times I'm just thinking to myself... this is pathetic. A lot of times I think to myself; "Why do people do what they do?", "What are we really here for?"... and ... "Who are we 'trying' to be or live up to?", "Why are we trying?", because when you really think about what the majority of the world thinks about achieving... its pretty much the same as the next guy.

And its not that 'I don't care', because I do. But it just seems like everybody wants, wants, wants. I wanna have an education, I wanna get into a nice career, I wanna have fun and do whatever I want, I wanna have the best food & wine, I wanna have a nice home, I wanna find someone to marry and have children with...,etc. But why? We're all living to die. All I ever hear is people wanting, and striving for something that really is ... in the end.. for them. Its so selfish. Oh yeah, and sex, sex, sex! Thats another thing that seems to be what everybody wants. And its all very selfish, unless you're doing what you do to build a life for your kids future, or you're doing what you do to help out other people. But in the end, its all the same. It all leads to one thing. So... why do we do it? We're all preparing to die. But I wonder about us after death, because I think theres probably something bigger and better. And I think it goes deeper and further than that, but I really don't wanna talk too much about all this. Its depressing and interesting at the same time, and I think this is too long already.

So yes, I have thought about this plenty of times before. I think its normal to have thoughts like these sometimes, but probably not the kind of thoughts you want all the time. Its not a good outlook to have on life, especially if its preventing you from actually living your life whether we're here to die or not.